George Gershwin – Summertime (Guitar)

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George Gershwin 1934 (George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_(George_Gershwin_song)

      Em   Am Em        Am        Em   Am Em
Summertime,     and the livin' is easy

         Am                        B7  C7 B7
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high

             Em   Am Em          Am           Em     Am Em
Your daddy's rich,      and your momma's good lookin'

   G           A7    B7        Em   Am Em
So hush little baby, don't you cry

Em                    Am Em              Am      Em     Am Em
One of these mornings,      you're gonna rise up singing

            Am                                        B7  C7 B7
Then you'll spread your wings, and you'll take to the sky

              Em      Am Em          Am          Em      Am Em
But till that morning,     there's a nothin' can harm you

     G         A7     B7       Em   Am Em
With daddy and mammy, standing by

* my rendition :) use a capo to suite your voice Alternates: Capo II Em = Dm Am = Gm B7 = A7 C7 = Bb G = F A7 = G7 Capo V Em = Bm Am = Em B7 = F#7 C7 = G7 G = D A7 = E7 Open (These chords are not in the original key) Em = Am Am = Dm B7 = E7 C7 = F7 G = C A7 = D7 Set8